New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912 and elects members of the United States Senate who belong to Class 1 and Class 2. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Martin Heinrich (since 2013) and Ben Ray Luján (since 2021).
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. | C | Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020 The next election will be in 2026. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | January 6, 1912 – March 27, 1912 | New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912 but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27, 1912. | 1 | 62nd | 1 | New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912 but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27, 1912. | January 6, 1912 – March 27, 1912 | Vacant | ||||
1 | ![]() Thomas B. Catron | Republican | March 27, 1912 – March 3, 1917 | Elected March 27, 1912. Retired. | Elected March 27, 1912. | March 27, 1912 – March 3, 1921 | Republican | ![]() Albert B. Fall | 1 | |||
63rd | 2 | Elected June 6, 1912 to next term, but Legislature invalided that election. Elected January 28, 1913 to next term. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() Andrieus A. Jones | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – December 20, 1927 | Elected in 1916. | 2 | 65th | ||||||
66th | 3 | Re-elected in 1918. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. | ||||||||||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 11, 1921 | Vacant | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fall's term. Elected September 20, 1921 to finish Fall's term. [1] Lost re-election. | March 11, 1921 – March 3, 1925 | Republican | ![]() Holm O. Bursum | 2 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. Died. | 3 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | 4 | Elected in 1924. | March 4, 1925 – June 24, 1933 | Democratic | ![]() Sam G. Bratton | 3 | ||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 20, 1927 – December 29, 1927 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() Bronson M. Cutting | Republican | December 29, 1927 – December 6, 1928 | Appointed to continue Jones's term. Retired when elected successor qualified. | ||||||||
4 | ![]() Octaviano Larrazolo | Republican | December 7, 1928 – March 3, 1929 | Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term. Retired due to illness. | ||||||||
5 | ![]() Bronson M. Cutting | Republican | March 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935 | Elected in 1928. | 4 | 71st | ||||||
72nd | 5 | Re-elected in 1930. Resigned to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
June 24, 1933 – October 10, 1933 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Bratton's term Elected November 6, 1934 to finish Bratton's term. | October 10, 1933 – January 3, 1949 | Democratic | ![]() Carl Hatch | 4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Died. | 5 | 74th | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 6, 1935 – May 11, 1935 | |||||||||||
6 | ![]() Dennis Chavez | Democratic | May 11, 1935 – November 18, 1962 | Appointed to continue Cutting's term. Elected November 3, 1936 to finish Cutting's term. | ||||||||
75th | 6 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 6 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | 7 | Re-elected in 1942. Retired. | ||||||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 7 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 8 | Elected in 1948. | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | Democratic | ![]() Clinton P. Anderson | 5 | ||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 8 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | 9 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. Died. | 9 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | 10 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 18, 1962 – November 30, 1962 | |||||||||||
7 | ![]() Edwin L. Mechem | Republican | November 30, 1962 – November 3, 1964 | Self-appointed to continue Chavez's term. Lost election to finish Chavez's term. | ||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() Joseph Montoya | Democratic | November 4, 1964 – January 3, 1977 | Elected in 1964 to finish Chavez's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 10 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | 11 | Re-elected in 1966. Retired. | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. | 11 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 12 | Elected in 1972. | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 | Republican | ![]() Pete Domenici | 6 | ||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
9 | ![]() Harrison Schmitt | Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1976. Lost re-election. | 12 | 95th | ||||||
96th | 13 | Re-elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
10 | ![]() Jeff Bingaman | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 1982. | 13 | 98th | ||||||
99th | 14 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 14 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | 15 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 15 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | 16 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 16 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | 17 | Re-elected in 2002. Retired. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. | 17 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 18 | Elected in 2008. | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2021 | Democratic | ![]() Tom Udall | 7 | ||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Martin Heinrich | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present | Elected in 2012. | 18 | 113th | ||||||
114th | 19 | Re-elected in 2014. Retired. | ||||||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 19 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 20 | Elected in 2020. | January 3, 2021 – Present | Democratic | ![]() Ben Ray Luján | 8 | ||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 20 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | 21 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
As of January 2021 [update] , there are three living former U.S senators from New Mexico. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Pete Domenici (served 1973–2009) on September 13, 2017.
senator | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Harrison Schmitt | 1977–1983 | July 3, 1935 |
Jeff Bingaman | 1983–2013 | October 3, 1943 |
Tom Udall | 2009–2021 | May 18, 1948 |